There's been a lot of talk over the past year about Canada becoming the 51st state of the United States, but what's often forgotten is that 250 years ago, American revolutionaries invaded Quebec and occupied Montreal as they tried to get the province to be the 14th colony to join the revolution

Homelessness has become one of the major issues in Montreal's election campaign, I went out and talked to people experiencing homelessness. None of the people I spoke to said they think Nov. 2 will bring change, no matter who wins.

Ensemble Montréal candidate Sylvain Gariépy recently presented what seemed like damning statistics. Housing starts fell in Montreal from 2021 to 2024, he said, while rising dramatically in some of the city's suburbs, in one South Shore city, there had been an increase of more than 300 per cent

Researchers trees in Montreal recently discovered something unusual, trees on city streets were less affected by droughts than those in city parks.

For more than 40 years, Claude Paquin maintained his innocence. Convicted of killing two people in 1983, he was finally acquitted last year, after the federal justice minister concluded there had likely been a miscarriage of justice in the case and ordered a new trial.

When a Montreal guitar maker shipped new instruments to three customers in the U.S. last month, he believed the instruments wouldn't be subject to import tariffs, which have been suspended on goods that comply with the USMCA/CUSMA, a trade deal that specifically includes Canadian-made guitars.

Mark Carney interviews during this campaign:
1) Cinq chefs, Radio-Canada
2) Nardwuar the Human Serviette

... is that all?

A Montreal family wants police to reopen the investigation into their son's death. Emmanuel Diafouka's body was found in a DDO park last January, he had been shot in the forehead. After a six-day investigation, police ruled the 18-year-old's death a suicide, but his family believes he was murdered

Two years ago, seven people were killed when an Old Montreal building caught fire.

Police quickly determined the fire was criminally set, but no one has yet been charged.

A report was submitted to prosecutors, but police say the Crown wants more information and the investigation remains active.

As U.S. tariffs begin to hit Canadian businesses, a Montreal manufacturer of garbage and recycling bags, whose supply chain and customer base are entirely Canadian, says increased interest in buying Canadian could be a boost to business

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My report on Canada's stubborn internal trade barriers and why eliminating them has proven so difficult: www.montrealgazette.com/business/art...

But while there's a lot of interest in breaking down these barriers, that might be difficult. Unlike Trump's threatened tariffs, these aren't deliberate barriers to trade, they're the result of diverging provincial regulations and getting rid of them means asking provinces to give up some autonomy.

In the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats, there's been a lot of talk about increasing trade within Canada, but that could be stymied by a series of internal trade barriers that can make it easier to export internationally than to the neighbouring province

In the face of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats, there's been a lot of talk about increasing trade within Canada, but that could be stymied by a series of internal trade barriers that can make it easier to export internationally than to the neighbouring province

Amid the U.S. tariff threats, we're hearing a lot about Canada's interprovincial trade barriers - I'm looking to speak with local Quebec businesses to find out the real impact of these barriers for a Gazette article. Do these barriers affect your business or one you know of? Please get in touch!

How will health care cuts in Quebec impact services on Montreal's West Island? @mtlgazette.bsky.social's @jacobserebrin.bsky.social joined Aaron Rand with more: